B767 crew burned ballast fuel.

Attributes
ACN	408840
Time
Date	199807
Day	Tue
Place
Locale Reference	atc facility : lax
State Reference	CA
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	artcc : zla
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	B767 Undifferentiated or Other Model
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Navigation In Use	Other Other
Flight Phase	climbout : intermediate altitude
Route In Use	departure other departure sid : sid
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
ASRS Report	408840
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : commercial pilot : instrument
ASRS Report	408839
Events
Anomaly	other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	none taken : anomaly accepted
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	other

Narrative:

Fuelers overfueled aircraft at lax, turned on center pumps to burn down to 1000 pounds fuel, but neglected to note when fuel reached 1000 pounds. Fuel reached 0. No adverse problems. Supplemental information from acn 408839: inadvertently xferred ballast fuel during climb to empty the center tank of fuel.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: B767 CREW BURNED BALLAST FUEL.

Narrative: FUELERS OVERFUELED ACFT AT LAX, TURNED ON CTR PUMPS TO BURN DOWN TO 1000 LBS FUEL, BUT NEGLECTED TO NOTE WHEN FUEL REACHED 1000 LBS. FUEL REACHED 0. NO ADVERSE PROBS. SUPPLEMENTAL INFO FROM ACN 408839: INADVERTENTLY XFERRED BALLAST FUEL DURING CLB TO EMPTY THE CTR TANK OF FUEL.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2007 and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.